This blog's title is based upon the best question I ever overheard being asked, by a young Liverpudlian child to his mother, as in "What's..?".
The answer seems to be something of a creative and cultural nature which, in deed (primarily the making of art) and word, this blog intends to explore...

Sunday, February 09, 2014

Badge of the Day #73 (Vojvodina Novi Sad)

Today’s example represents the fine & exotic name of Vojvodina
Novi Sad (in the glory of its native Serbian Cyrillic) in the form of what
appears to be a desirable object of Yugoslav-era vintage, during which time the
name would have come to attention & lingered romantically since as amongst
those to be regarded with affection from that (former) part of Europe – not
necessarily in quite the same league as perennial favourites Red Star Belgrade
& Hajduk Split, perhaps, but still ‘The Vodge’ (& being aware that it
really is pronounced ‘Voy-’) are one of those teams we hope to see at the
business end of their league/cup, hopefully successfully enough to qualify to
make a foray into the continental competitions, resplendent in the red &
white halved shirts that only add to their allure.

On the subject of which, if history were able to be
rewritten, Vojvodina might well have contested the 1967 European Cup Final, in
an attractively-named & -kitted match-up with Internazionale, had they not
lost, alas, to a very late Glasgow Celtic goal at the quarter final stage,
although, then again, in an ideal world, it’s perhaps doubtful they would have
overcome Atlético Madrid after a replay in the previous round: whatever, Vojvodina’s
is a name that surely should have graced a European club final or two.

This Vojvodina badge is in fact but one of a batch of eight
newly-acquired from Kruševac in Serbia, arriving as they did in some style, as
might be appreciated from this photograph of the beautiful envelope containing
the objects: look at those wonderful stamps, for instance.